Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-12-10
NEWS NOTES.


terrible tragedy occurred in Ipdia1
,erritory, Sunday, which grew out OF thu
attempt of q deputy marshal named Daitor
to arrest horse-t thief named Smith. The
latter was found in tent, in which there
was also another man named Dixon and hi
wife. When the officer inquired for Smith
the desperate rushed out and fired upor
him, and a general fight ensued, which
resulted in the killing of Dalton and Smith
and Mrs. Dixon.
The political excitement in Indian Ter.
ritory. which at one time promised to result
in an armed conflict between the rival par
ties, is quoting down, and no more serious
trouble is feared.
A rich lead of pure galeDa ore has been
discovered at Jordan Centre, Iowa county
Wisconsin.
It would seem that there is no foundation
for the stories that have been circulated to
the effect that the capitol at Austin, Texas,
is insecure. Governor Ross thinks there Is
not a stronger or better built structure IN
the country and such architects as have
examined it report upon it favorably.
tits generally believed at Wausau, Wlscon-
sin, that Saturdays fire, by which Carl
Honikel and his five children were burned
to death, was the work of an incendiary.
Mrs. Honikel, the only surviving member
of the family, is so overwhelmed with
grief that she can not discuss the m after in
telligently. The bodies of the six victims
were buried Sunday in grave.
Idttlewood, the Englishman, won the 142-
hour 60 as-you-please foot-race in Philad-
elp:a. He was forty miles ahead of his
nearest competitor.
w. F. McKewen, clerk of the Baltimore
city court, is hopelessly insane. He was
prominent in politics, and worth $4,000
The American bank of Pittsburgh, Pa,
with capital stock of 100000, closed its
doors. 1t hopes to be able to meet all Its
debts.
A number of waiter-girls at Indianapolis
material of which dynamite is made, and
created considerable excitement.
Carl Frohne reached New York in Ger
man steamer and was arrested on landing.
He was superintendent of a mortgage asso
citation at Reichrath, Prussia, and is wanted
for forgery and larceny, and will be
returned.
Senator German, of Maryland, is men
toned as the next president of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad company.
A law and order league which has been
formed at Atwood. Illinois, is making it de-
cidedly unpleasant for gang of tough citl-
zeps with which the town has been infested
of late.
1t is said that the recent riots in Quebec
have had disastrous effect upon the trade
of the city. More trouble is expected We'd
nesday night, when the Salvation army will
have another parade.
Word comes from La Crosse, Wisconsin,
that the ice has stopped running in the Mis-
sissippi, and it is said that the river has
never before closed so early in the season.
The markets at the stock yards in Chi
cago were all strong, Monday, with lighter
receipts than week ago. Choice shipping
cattle we've scarce and 10 cents per 100
pounds higher.
Ninety-fve cigar factories were shut down
at Havana, Cuba, Monday, owing to the de-
mand of cigar-makers for an increase In
wages.
Stephany Bailey; of Berkley, South Car
DINA, who was arrested recently for the
murder of his wife, has made a confession
in which he says that he has been married
three times and that his wives all met death
at his hands.
The mayor of Culiacan, Mexico, offers a
reward of $4,000 for the capture of Eraclio
Bernal, the most desperate bandit in the
country.
Two fishermen named Nelson and Jewell
were lost recently in storm near Cheboygan,
Michigan.
William Williams was taken from the Jail
at Oakland, Florida, Tuesday morning, by a
of ro
At Waterloo. Iowa, Tuesday, William
Munda from was sentenced to imprlson-
ment tor life for the murder of his uncle,
Christian Hemme.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
company is about to remove its repair
shops from Dubuque, in violation, it is
claimed, of contract it has with the city.
The receipts at the Chicago stock yards
for the expired eleven months of 1887 show,
as compared with the corresponding period
last year, an increase of SCI, 500 cattle and
346, 600 sheep, and decrease of 1,02I, 600
hogs.
An immense crowd of people was present
Thursday at the unwilling of the Garfield
statue In Cincinnati. Addresses were made |
by Hon. Ezra B. Taylor, Governor Foraker,
and others.
Mr.. Sexton has been elected lord mayor
Dublin to succeed Mr.. Sullivan.
At the Harper trial in Cincinnati, Thurs |
day, some very damaging testimony was in |
PRODUCED against the defendant, the principal |
witness be ng a broker named Wiltshire, |
whose revelations let in considerable light |
upon the way in which the great wheat cor
ner was manipulated
The mayor of Pittsburgh and ex-Sheriff |
Gray, of Allegheny county, have filed
paper with the recorder of the state board of
pardons of Pennsylvania in which numerous
reasons are given for the granting of re-
hearing in the case of Milton Weston.
A criminal action was begun at Waterloo,
Iowa, under the prohibitory liquor law,
against drug firm that had been indicted
for maintaining nuisance because they
sold intoxicating liquors. The Judge dis
charged the defendants, heldIng that the
only method of proceeding against drug
yist convicted of keeping Intoxicating liquors
for sale was by civil action for damages.
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